Nehemiah - 11:31

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31 The children of Benjamin also (lived) from Geba (onward), at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,

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Explanation and meaning of Nehemiah 11:31.

Differing Translations

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The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward , at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof,
And the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages.
And sons of Benjamin are at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelled at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.
And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,
And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
But the sons of Benjamin lived from Geba, at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and in its daughter villages,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Geba - Probably the same as Gibeah of Saul.

The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash,.... Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, Joshua 18:24 and Michmash on the northern, of which see 1-Samuel 13:2 in this and the four following verses are the names of several cities in the tribe of Benjamin, inhabited by the men of that tribe, as Alia, the same with Ai, that lay on the east of Bethel, here also mentioned, see Joshua 7:2 Anathoth, the birth place of Jeremiah the prophet, Jeremiah 1:1. Nob, a city of the priests, 1-Samuel 21:1. Ananiah is nowhere else mentioned; Hazor is to be distinguished from another of this name in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:36. Ramah, a place well known in Benjamin, Joshua 18:25. Gittaim, of which see 2-Samuel 4:3. Hadid, the same with Adida, which lay in a plain,"Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.'' (1 Maccabees 12:38)Zeboim, a valley of this name, is read in 1-Samuel 13:18. Neballat we read of nowhere else; of Lod and Ono, see 1-Chronicles 8:12 and the valley of craftsmen, or Chorasin, 1-Chronicles 4:14.

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